Gurkha Cigars has announced it is discontinuing two regular production lines, Treinta and San Miguel. The move is being made to facilitate Gurkha making room for additional productions in the future. Both blends were produced at Aganorsa Leaf’s factory in Estelí Nicaragua. “We fully recognize that shelf space is real estate in our industry. In […]
The NFT Auctions for the Tatuaje Anarchy NFT package have closed. A total of six NFTs were auctioned for a total of $503,461.00 or an average of $83,910.17 per NFT package. Beginning on August 21 2023, the Tatuaje Anarchy NFTs were launched, one at a time, in 48-hour intervals. The winning bids for each of […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It combines the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week, we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday at 8am Eastern Time. […]
Following lower financial results for the second quarter of 2023, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has lowered its full-year guidance. The company attributes this to a more volatile environment than expected and reflective of ongoing inventory adjustments across customers and distributors, slower regain of market shares in Europe, delays in new store openings in the US, […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Quality Importers showed off a series of one-of-a-kind luxury cutters done in partnership with renowned jeweler Jacob & Co. under the banner of the Xikar X-Clusive Series. On August 12, a formal launch was held at the St. Regis Hotel in Bal Harbour, Florida to officially introduce […]
The Viaje Satori, a line that has not been released since 2019, has made a return to store shelves. Satori was first introduced at the 2010 IPCPR Trade Show. Since then, it has been primarily offered and showcased to retailers who attend the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show. The 2023 edition of the Viaje Satori uses the same […]
On the August 30, 2023 edition of Freestyle Live, Drew Estate announced a release for the international market known as the Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado. For recent Liga Privada releases such as the Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo and Liga Privada 10 Aniversario, the market outside the U.S. has had limited access to […]
Back in June, Prometheus released 50 units of the Fuente Fuente OpusX Serie “Heaven & Earth” humidors. These humidors contain 102 rare and vintage Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars. This December, Prometheus will release the remaining humidors – just in time for the year-end holidays. The cigars contained in the humidor are: 12 Fuente Fuente OpusX […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, C.L.E. Cigar Company showcased C.L.E. and Asylum-branded PCA Exclusive releases available only to retailers who attended the show. Today, C.L.E. announced it has shipped the first of these retail exclusives, the Eiroa PCA Exclusive. All three PCA Exclusives contain tobacco grown on a farm in South […]
Ferio Tego is heading to the Asian market. Today, Ferio Tego announced its portfolio of premium cigars is now available in the Hong Kong, Japan, and Macau markets. Davidoff of Geneva Asia is handling distribution for Ferio Tego. This is the first international expansion for Ferio Tego. “Asia is a very important market for the […]
